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Convocation
Today
11:00 A. M.
Vol. 1 No. 1
Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina
September 27, 1965
Governor To Speak
Governor Dan K. Moore will
be the featured speaker at the
first annual fall convocation of
Asheville-Biltmore College as a
senior institution.
On May 10, 1963, the North
Carolina General Assembly pass
ed the Omnibus Higher Edu
cation Bill; it was this bill that
gave Asheville-Biltmore senior
college status, beginning July 1,
1963. Dr. William Highsmith,
President of the college, acknow
ledged the importance of this step
the same day as he told news
men: “The action of the General
Assembly today gives to Ashe
ville-Biltmore the greatest chal
lenge in its history. We are now
charged with the responsibility of
developing a senior college of high
quality. . .”
Today’s convocation will be a
milestone in the history of Ashe
ville-Biltmore College. It will
mark the formal opening of the
academic year which will see the
college graduate its first senior
class. A special feature of the con
vocation will be the dedication of
the new D. Hiden Ramsey Li
brary.
At 10:45, classes will be dis
missed; there will be a formal
academic procession from the Ad
ministration Building to the audi
torium of the Student Center
where the ceremonies will be
held. The members of the senior
class will be honored by being
seated in a special reserved
section.
The invocation will be given by
Dr. A. Allan Gardner, Jr., pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
in Asheville. The principal speak
er will be the honorable Dan K.
Moore, Governor of North Caro
lina. Other speakers on the pro
gram are: Mr. Manley E. Wright,
Chairman of the Board of Trus
tees of the College and executive
At Convocation
vice-president of the Northwest
ern Bank; Mr. Ainsley A. Whit
man, college librarian; Dr. W. W.
Kaempfer, Dean of the Faculty;
Ed Harris, president of the stu
dent body; Mr. Anthony Lord,
chief architect for the new library
and one of the Six Associates;
and Mr. D. Hiden Ramsey, for
mer chairman of the North Caro
lina State Board of Higher Edu
cation and retired vice-president
and general manager of the Ashe
ville Citizen-Tlmes. The bene
diction will be given by the Rev
erend Walter J. Miller of Central
Methodist Church.
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Asheville-Biltmore
College Gets New
Constitution
On Friday, September the
third, the student body of Ashe
ville-Biltmore College approved a
new constitution and set of by
laws for the Student Government
Association.
As the 1964-1965 academic
year progressed, it became evi
dent that the constitution then In
effect was inadequate; several im
portant items were left out, a few
conflicts were evident, and the by
laws contained Ideas which be
longed to the constitution proper.
It was decided by members of the
new Executive Council that
rather than attempting to revise
the existing constitution, it would
be better to propose a completely
new one.
In a series of meetings during
July and August, the members of
the Executive Council, the chair
men of the standing committees,
and a few members of the senior
class wrote a new constitution and
set of by-laws, using as their
guide-lines Roberts^ Rules of
Order and a model constitution
In College Student Government
by Gordon Klopf (1960).
In addition to restating ideas
that were unclear in the old con
stitution, the new constitution
contains the following major
changes: (1) The governing body
Is reduced from a legislature and
an executive council to only an
executive council to whose mem
bershlp was added the secretary-
treasurer of each of the three
classes (Article VI, Section 13);
(2) There must be at least one
meeting per term of the entire
Student Government Association
and special meetings may be call
ed by the executive council or by
petition of 5 % of the members of
the Association (Article V); (3)
A Publication Commission was
added to the standing commis
sions, with the responsibility of
coordinating campus publications
and handling publicity for the
Student Government Association
(Article VI, Section S-A).
The new constitution went Into
effect immediately, following its
ratification by a simple majority
of the students voting.
Chemistry Dept.
Gets Grants
The regular chemistry program
at Asheville-Biltmore College has
been implemented with three
grants which have been received
by the department.
In January of this year, Dr.
Squibb, head of the Department
of Chemistry, applied for a
matching funds grant from the
National Science Foundation for
the purpose of purchasing scienti
fic equipment for the department.
This was deemed a vital part of
the department’s plan to provide
students with a working know
ledge of the tools available to to
day’s chemist and make possible
student research on the under-
graduate level. Last spring the
National Science Foundation ap
proved the proposal and awarded
Asheville-Biltmore College a
grant of $9,800.00 which was
matched by school funds. Equip
ment purchased under this grant
includes an ultravlolet-v I s I b 1 e
spectrophotometer, a gas chro
matograph, and a polarimeter.
In addition to the matching
funds grant, Dr. Squibb and Dr.
Remington, Assistant professor of
Chemistry, have received Indlvl-
ELECTIONS HELD
FOR CLASS OFFICERS
Election of class officers was
held on September the thirteeth,
the third Monday of the term, as
prescribed by the newly adopted
student constitution. Runoffs
were held on the following Tues
day and Wednesday. Nomination
and acceptance speeches had
been given at individual class
meetings held on Wednesday,
September the eighth.
The nominees for the senior
class were as follows: President
—Ralph Moss, William Plyler,
and Stephen Swearingen; Vice-
president—George Bryan, unop
posed; Secretar y-treasurer—
Carole Carson and Larry Nix.
Junior class nominees included
the following: President—Sally
Stralne, unopposed; Vice-presi
dent—Carolyn Baldwin and Jim
Day; Secretar y-treasurer—
Lenda Edwards, unopposed.
The slate of nominees of the
freshman class Included: Presi
dent William Grady, Rita Ed
monds, Eddie Gunn, and Roy
Shipman; Vice-president—Jerry
Grant and Dennis Moore; Secre-
t a r y - treasurer—Charlotte Ar-
ledge, A-lary Campbell, and Linda
Owens.
The elections were held from
8:00-2:00 in the lobby of the Stu
dent Union. Lack of a majority
necessitated runoffs on Tuesday
for president of the senior class,
president of the freshman class,
and secretary-treasurer of the
freshman class. A tie in the runoff
for secretary-treasurer of the
freshman class forced a third run
off on Wednesday.
The final results of the elections
are as follows: Stephen Swear-
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